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The Scottish city’s employment growth continues to be buoyed by oil and gas and the number of vacancies in the industry is at 18 times the national average.

The nature of jobs available also changes from region to regionand Aberdeen also boasts the greatest number of available jobs in construction, followed by Derby and Birmingham.

Top ten places to find work

Number of jobless per vacancy

Worst ten places to find work

Number of jobless per vacancy

1.Aberdeen

0.88

1.Hull

79.64

2.Reading

1.21

2.Stoke-on-Trent

73.32

3.Cambridge

1.56

3.Sunderland

53.66

4.London

1.76

4.Southend

44.06

5.Milton Keynes

1.91

5.Wirral

40.94

6.Oxford

2.02

6.Lanarkshire

39.91

7.Guildford

2.75

7.Rochdale and Oldham

31.61

8.Wycombe and Slough

3.28

8.Wolverhampton

25.50

9.Brighton

3.75

9.Middlesbrough

24.07

10.Bristol

3.83

10.Swansea Bay

23.88

Call centre posts are more readily
available in Belfast than anywhere else with the city having three times
as many jobs in the industry than the national average, while
Manchester leads the way for marketing and sales positions and Edinburgh
is
best for finance jobs.

According to job search website
Adzuna, who carried out the research, engineering, computing and sales
and marketing are showing the strongest demand for jobs nationally,
while London is the top city for the recruitment of estate agents and
secretaries.

Andrew Hunter of Adzuna said:
'Policymakers should take note of where the jobs are being created and
make sure that people are being trained in the right skills in the right
locations.'

Unemployment: Hull is official the toughest place to find a job in the UK with around 80 unemployed people vying for each vacancy

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